SEC Baseball Tournament 2018: Wednesday Scores, Updated Bracket and Schedule

After Tuesday's single-elimination first round, the 2018 SEC baseball tournament rolled on with four second-round games. 

This is also the beginning of the double-elimination part of the tournament, so teams that don't come out on top today still have a chance to secure a conference title and automatic berth in the NCAA tournament. 

The top four seeds in the SEC—Florida, Mississippi, Georgia, Arkansas—are making their tournament debuts. Texas A&M is the lowest remaining seed (No. 11) and will be seeking its second conference title in three years. 

For the updated tournament bracket and Wednesday schedule, be sure to check out SECSports.com.

Wednesday Matchups

No. 11 Texas A&M def. No. 3 Georgia, 7-0 

No. 7 Auburn def. No. 2 Mississippi, 9-3

No. 1 Florida def. No. 8 LSU, 4-3

No. 4 Arkansas def. No. 5 South Carolina, 13-8

Results

Auburn 9, Mississippi 3

Auburn erased a 2-0 deficit by scoring nine runs over the final three innings, highlighted by Edouard Julien's grand slam in the top of the ninth. 

Julien is having a memorable tournament so far. He had the walk-off RBI single in Tuesday's 4-3 win over Kentucky. 

The Tigers were clinging to a 5-3 lead when the ninth inning began. Mississippi had a chance to do a lot of damage in the bottom of the eighth, loading the bases with two outs, but Auburn reliever Calvin Coker got Cole Zabowski to strike out and end the threat. 

That set up Julien's big blast that put the game away:

Things were going Mississippi's way for six innings. The Rebels took a 2-0 lead in the third inning on an error by Will Holland that allowed two runs to score. 

Ole Miss starter Ryan Rolison was charged with two runs allowed in 6.1 innings. Greer Holston, who relieved Rolison in the top of the seventh, gave up a game-tying two-run double to Conor Davis.

Auburn starter Tanner Burns was terrific in the win. The freshman allowed one earned run on six hits over seven innings. Coker recorded the last six outs to secure the Tigers' victory.  

Texas A&M 7, Georgia 0

Texas A&M's pitching had a strong showing for the second straight game, shutting out Georgia 7-0 in the first game of the second round. 

On the heels of a 3-1 win over Vanderbilt, the Aggies limited Georgia to just three singles. Pitchers Asa Lacy and Cason Sherrod combined for 13 strikeouts in the win. 

The Bulldogs only real threat came in the third inning when they had runners on second and third with two outs. Lacy got out of the jam by getting Michael Curry to fly out. 

While Lacy and Sherrod were holding Georgia's bats at bay, first baseman Chris Andritsos had a huge day at the plate for Texas A&M. The redshirt junior went 3-for-5 with two home runs, four RBI and three runs scored. 

The Aggies advance to the winner's portion of the bracket on Thursday. They will take on Auburn two weeks after sweeping a three-game series against the Tigers in Oxford.

Georgia is now in must-win situations the rest of this week if it wants to win its first SEC tournament title in school history. 

Florida 4, LSU 3

The Florida Gators and LSU Tigers treated fans to the first close game of Wednesday’s slate, with the No. 1 seed in the tournament emerging with a narrow 4-3 win.

It appeared as if LSU was going to cruise to victory when it jumped ahead 3-0 behind a two-run homer from Jake Slaughter. However, the Gators came roaring back with three runs in the third to tie the contest thanks to an RBI double for Deacon Liput and an RBI single from Jonathan India.

Austin Langworthy’s RBI single in the fifth proved to be the game winner for Florida.

The Gators’ pitching was the story, though, as starter Tommy Mace allowed one earned run in seven innings before Jordan Butler and Michael Byrne shut the door with two shutout innings. Byrne was his typically dominant self, but it was India’s diving play at the hot corner that saved the game:

Had he not hauled it in, LSU would have scored two late runs and been in the driver’s seat for a notable win against the SEC’s top team.

Arkansas 13, South Carolina 8

The Arkansas Razorbacks embraced the long ball en route to a resounding 13-8 win over the South Carolina Gamecocks. 

Dominic Fletcher opened the scoring with a three-run smash in the first inning, and Casey Martin followed suit in the fourth inning with a two-run shot that gave Arkansas a huge 10-1 cushion. 

However, Martin didn't stop there. 

The Razorbacks' third baseman added a solo shot in the bottom of the sixth inning, making him the second Arkansas player to ever crush multiple home runs in an SEC Tournament game, according to the SEC Network. 

Martin is now tied for the team lead with 12 home runs and needs one more to tie Zack Cox for the single-season freshman record. 

The Gamecocks countered with a five-spot in the sixth inning thanks in large part to LT Tolbert's grand slam, but they didn't have enough power to muster a full-scale comeback. 

The Razorbacks will square off against Florida on Thursday night with a spot in the semifinals on the line.